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Binders Full of Men
By Jennifer Berney Feature

In an excerpt from her new book on fertility, feminism, and queer family-building, Jennifer Berney explores the possibilities of sperm banks.

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to Fund More Stories

Longreads Best of 2020

A collection of our favorite stories from the past year
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An Atlas of the Cosmos
By Shannon Stirone Feature

We’ve mapped Mars, the Moon, the solar system, even our own galaxy. Which means there is only one thing left to understand in this symbolic way and that is the entirety of the cosmos.

The Geography Closest In
By Longreads Feature

In her new book, Miranda Ward explores the unique place of almost-motherhood — an uncertain landscape characterized by waiting, wanting, hoping, and not-knowing.

Repetitive Stress
By Devin Kelly Feature

On injury, compensation, and living with pain.

Latest Picks

Undetected
By Lise Olsen  / Texas Observer
Once Upon a Time in Central Florida
By Katherine LaGrave  / AFAR
Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird Are Goals
By Emma Carmichael  / GQ
Stories of Slavery, From Those Who Survived It
By Clint Smith  / The Atlantic
The Limits of the Lunchbox Moment
By Jaya Saxena  / Eater
Ecologists Buy 1,000-Acre Blue Gum Plantation and Transform it Into Wetland it Once Was
By Emily Bissland  / ABC News
The Ballad of Justin Townes Earle
By Jonathan Bernstein  / Rolling Stone
I Can’t Complain But if I Could …
By Jamilah Lemieux  / The Cut
Hawkeye Elegy: A Collision of Pandemic, Disaster, and Polarization in the Heartland
By Erika Fry  / Fortune
In Good Faith
By Dominik Parisien  / Maisonneuve
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Latest Posts

Getting Up When You Fall From the Sky
By Carolyn Wells Highlight

“Fear coursed through my veins. A horrible metallic taste, worse than bile, rose in my throat. The taste of terror.”

A Young Cartographer’s Mission to Map the Catholic Church — and Fight Climate Change
By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight

“The role of the cartographer isn’t just data analytics,” says Molly Burhans, an activist mapping the land assets of the Catholic Church. “It’s also storytelling.”

Earl King Deserves His Due
By Krista Stevens Highlight

Earl King’s “discs were among the rare ones where the words were as important as the music, where blues guitar was balanced with second-line piano, and where the B-sides were as strong as the A-sides.”

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
By Longreads Weekly Top 5

This week, we’re sharing stories from Gus Garcia-Roberts and David Heath, Melissa Gira Grant, David Owen, Geoffrey Himes, and Traci Brimhall.

Making Art Awash in Grief
By Krista Stevens Highlight

“In art and grief there are days you’re not proud of, days the emotions turn ugly, days the images don’t turn out the way you want. But that’s the human in us, and it belongs in the process. “

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The Team of Scientists Behind Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine
By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight

How scientists developed a COVID-19 vaccine in record time.

All that Glitters
By Longreads Feature

Greed, grift, and murder in the black market for gold.

The Heavy Burden of Breasts
By Carolyn Wells Highlight

“He covers his face with his hands. He doesn’t cry. He hasn’t really cried for eight years – since he started with testosterone injections.”

Tragedy on the Pacific Crest Trail
By Krista Stevens Highlight

“Trevor spoke to Doug…“Physically, I’m doing fine,” he said. ‘My body’s just tired because we’ve been doing 20-mile days for eight days in a row.’ It was their final conversation.”

‘Plant-Based Eating Is Probably One of the Blackest Things I Could Do’
By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight

“Plant-based eating has a long, radical history in Black American culture, preserved by institutions and individuals who have understood the power of food and nutrition in the fight against oppression,” writes Amirah Mercer in “A Homecoming.” The piece, published at Eater, explores Mercer’s path to veganism and the plant-based diets of the Black diaspora. While […]

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Popular Posts

Ten Outstanding Short Stories to Read in 2021
By Longreads Feature

Pravesh Bhardwaj read and and shared 304 short stories on the #longreads Twitter hashtag in 2020. Here are his favorites.

The Death of an Heir: Adolph Coors III and the Murder That Rocked an American Brewing Dynasty
By Longreads Feature

More than fifty years ago, one man tried to hold the Coors brewery CEO for ransom. Things went very badly.

Shelved: Yoko Ono
By Tom Maxwell Feature

On Yoko Ono’s 1974 album “A Story,” and stepping out from behind the ever-present shadow of John Lennon.

Repetitive Stress
By Devin Kelly Feature

On injury, compensation, and living with pain.

Out There: On Not Finishing
By Devin Kelly Feature

What happens if the stories we tell ourselves about our lives leave us lonely, wrestling with meaning?

‘We Told You So’: Revisiting the Bleak, Pandemic-Filled World of 12 Monkeys, 25 Years Later
By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight

“Gilliam does believe that the end of society may soon be upon us. The question for him is: What shape will the new one take?”

Books

The Powerful Decide
By Longreads Feature

What makes good or bad design happen anywhere depends on who has the most power.

‘The Sea and Sky Decide What They Will Allow’
By Krista Stevens Highlight

“I’m working on a book about Arctic explorers, and that means swimming in a sea of sorrow.”

The Grieving Landscape
By Longreads Feature

Upon discovering that her mother had been a member of the group Women Strike For Peace (WSP), Heidi Hutner becomes obsessed with feminist nuclear history.

This Week in Books: Farewell Longreads! I’m Taking This Rodeo to Substack.
By Dana Snitzky Commentary

To read my “This Week in Books” newsletter in the future, follow me on substack.

Palliative Brownies
By Krista Stevens Highlight

“I grew up in the grip of the epidemic, maturing as people I adored as surrogate aunties and uncles fell ill and vanished from our lives.”

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Current Events

The Silencing of #MeToo Reporting in Germany
By Seyward Darby Highlight

How an HIV specialist in Germany is using media law to erase reporting of sexual abuse allegations against him.

What Happened to Cruise Ship Workers Once the Passengers Were Gone?
By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight

At the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, cruise companies “went to great lengths to repatriate vacationers.” But for crew members, it was a different story.

Neighborhood Watch: The Strange Aftermath of a ‘Karen’ Encounter
By Seyward Darby Highlight

In a progressive New Jersey community, racial solidarity is complicated.

Longreads Best of 2020: Writing on COVID-19
By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Feature

Our top story picks in COVID-19 reporting this year.

The Alarmist: Is One of the Pandemic’s Loudest Scientific Voices Helping or Hurting Public Health?
By Seyward Darby Highlight

Meet Eric Feigl-Ding, the town crier of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Essays & Criticism

Binders Full of Men
By Jennifer Berney Feature

In an excerpt from her new book on fertility, feminism, and queer family-building, Jennifer Berney explores the possibilities of sperm banks.

Repetitive Stress
By Devin Kelly Feature

On injury, compensation, and living with pain.

‘Plant-Based Eating Is Probably One of the Blackest Things I Could Do’
By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight

“Plant-based eating has a long, radical history in Black American culture, preserved by institutions and individuals who have understood the power of food and nutrition in the fight against oppression,” writes Amirah Mercer in “A Homecoming.” The piece, published at Eater, explores Mercer’s path to veganism and the plant-based diets of the Black diaspora. While […]

The Geography Closest In
By Longreads Feature

In her new book, Miranda Ward explores the unique place of almost-motherhood — an uncertain landscape characterized by waiting, wanting, hoping, and not-knowing.

‘Everyone Benefits from a Frozen Arctic’
By Krista Stevens Highlight

“The world should not, cannot, go back to business as usual without a clearer understanding and consciousness of how we live.”

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